[1] South Korea received three destroyers of the Fletcher class for the Republic of Korea Navy from the United States in 1963 as part of the American Military Assistance Program.

This was the first destroyer class of the Republic of Korea Navy.

The class consisted of three destroyers used by the US Navy during World War II and slightly modernized in electronics and weaponry at the beginning of the 1950s.

They were once magnificent ships, which throughout the 1960s constituted the backbone of the Republic of Korea Navy.

Eventually, they were replaced in escort duties by the Chungbuk class destroyers in the mid to late 1980s.